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Lori Theriault @crazygreenstudios.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Peeking at the new line of work: Sunflower sandwich plates.

Small plates stacked in various glazes with original embossed sunflower designs.

Lori Theriault @crazygreenstudios.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

More tests, getting me closer to deciding on new designs and combinations. As eager as I am to get my new line out to the world, I appreciate and embrace that the process must take as long as it takes. Still much to do but starting to like more with each firing.

A table covered with a variety of ceramic pieces in blue, green, and yellow-brown glazes.

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Lori Theriault @crazygreenstudios.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Playing with peonies in one of the vases from the last firing.

Small pitcher style vase with wax resist flower motif, holding three drooping pink peonies.

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Lori Theriault @crazygreenstudios.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Full kiln is firing today (glaze issue that if to wait to be addressed when I got back), but my studio mate had some room in her kiln so I have some sneak peeks of what to expect.

Trio of mini pitcher bud vases, glazed in yellow salt, denim, and green celadon.

Faceted inverted salt cellar in denim glaze, next to sample of same salt cellar cut in half to show interior.

Small inverted salt cellar in yellow salt glaze on red clay with wax resist ‘SALT’ written on top. Also shown is a cut away version of similar salt cellar showing interior.

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Lori Theriault @crazygreenstudios.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Culmination of more than four months testing clays, glazes, and forms for a new wholesale line. In an act of great faith, I will load and fire the kiln tomorrow and then leave town for five days. Results next week. #crazygreenstudios #avlpotters #individualhandmadedesign #testingtesting

Image of tables and shelves in a pottery studio covered with stacks of newly glazed pots waiting to be loaded for firing.

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Lori Theriault @crazygreenstudios.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Results from the latest glaze tests have me seeing the forms I’ll make for them- happy dance!

Small cup glazed in a dark charcoal grey/black on red clay.

Small cup with off white glaze, and light grey marks made by black underglaze (under the glaze), and an overlap of the satin black glaze on the top 1/3 of the cup, showing a light leopard print design

Tan glaze with underglaze swirl marks and overlap of glossy black glaze

Off white glaze on red clay showing speckles from grog in the clay. Black underglaze marks on the red clay body show light grey through the top glaze

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Lori Theriault @crazygreenstudios.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Working on some letter stamps for future molds.

Stoneware slab with the alphabet carved on it, and at the top of the picture are red clay stamps made by impressing the clay into the carved slab.

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Lori Theriault @crazygreenstudios.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

These began as vehicles for glaze testing, but are turning out so well they’ve established themselves as part of the new body of work that will debut later this Spring.

Small flower magnets, hand carved and cut, glazed in translucent celadon glazes

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Lori Theriault @crazygreenstudios.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

New ‘urban garden’ embossed mold in the works. #pottersofbluesky

Round ceramic slab on a slightly domed mold, with carved design of a flower with rectangular petals and center with concentric circles.

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Lori Theriault @crazygreenstudios.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Making stamps for quote bowls and who knows what else.

Clay slab with inscribed capital letter alphabet, with hand shown about to draw the letter P.

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Lori Theriault @crazygreenstudios.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Surface design and new glaze/firing test for a commission passed beautifully, now I’m testing for coziness factor, as these times call for something cozy to hold and sip.

Wheel thrown stoneware mug with underglaze and deep green celadon glaze holds a hot cup of coffee.

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Lori Theriault @crazygreenstudios.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

We may be small in space but we are mighty in spirit and effort! So grateful to have this space in @playsinmud.bsky.social to fill commissions and develop new work while looking for the new studio space.

Overview of workspace in pottery studio, showing multiple ware boards filled with mug based on bats, shelves filled with pots.

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Lori Theriault @crazygreenstudios.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Choose 20 pots or ceramic pieces that you have made. One pot per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Day 20 - reviewing new glaze tests on new forms #20pots #ceramics #pottersofbluesky #avlpotter #pottery

Close cropped image of four small hand built ceramic dishes, each embossed with a flower design, in four different translucent glazes.

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Lori Theriault @crazygreenstudios.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Choose 20 pots or ceramic pieces that you have made. One pot per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Day 19 - sgraffito trees on a mug #20pots #ceramics #pottersofbluesky #avlpotter #pottery #carvinginclay #sgraffito

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Lori Theriault @crazygreenstudios.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Choose 20 pots or ceramic pieces that you have made. One pot per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Day 18 - new mug forms drying #20pots #ceramics #pottersofbluesky #avlpotter #pottery

Stoneware mugs with swirled texture pushed out from the inside of the mug, iron rich clay, drying on a ware board.

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Lori Theriault @crazygreenstudios.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Choose 20 pots or ceramic pieces that you have made. One pot per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Day 17 - detail of dinnerware #20pots #ceramics #pottersofbluesky #avlpotter #pottery

Close cropped image of stoneware dinner plate, sandwich plate, and bowl. Glazed in crazy green and granite glazes.

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Lori Theriault @crazygreenstudios.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Choose 20 pots or ceramic pieces that you have made. One pot per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Day 16 - carved vessel #20pots #ceramics #pottersofbluesky #avlpotter #pottery #vincentseries #carvinginclay

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Lori Theriault @crazygreenstudios.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Choose 20 pots or ceramic pieces that you have made. One pot per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Day 15 - first test of new bowl mold in ‘Vincent Series’ #20pots #ceramics #pottersofbluesky #avlpotter #pottery #vincentseries #carvinginclay

Bisque-fired clay slump mold, domed circle with carved design including a building in the foreground with rolling hills, a large cypress tree, and skies with impasto style swirling winds, the moon, and stars.

Interior of a bowl made from pressing clay on a bisque-fired clay slump mold that is a domed circle with carved design including a building in the foreground with rolling hills, a large cypress tree, and skies with impasto style swirling winds, the moon, and stars.

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Lori Theriault @crazygreenstudios.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Choose 20 pots or ceramic pieces that you have made. One pot per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Day 14 - Plate with wax resist ‘Dancing Brush’ pattern #20pots #ceramics #pottersofbluesky #avlpotter #pottery

Round ceramic plate with abstract glaze patterns in brick red on a cloudy light green background.

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Lori Theriault @crazygreenstudios.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Choose 20 pots or ceramic pieces that you have made. One pot per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Day 13 - carved Sunflower Bowl mold in progress #20pots #ceramics #pottersofbluesky #avlpotter #pottery

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Lori Theriault @crazygreenstudios.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Choose 20 pots or ceramic pieces that you have made. One pot per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Day 12 - molds in process for some new embossed bowls #20pots #ceramics #pottersofbluesky #avlpotter #pottery

Two rounded clay discs with carved flower motifs.

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Lori Theriault @crazygreenstudios.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Choose 20 pots or ceramic pieces that you have made. One pot per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Day 11 - First test tiles for design and glaze for new line launching in late Spring #20pots #ceramics #pottersofbluesky #avlpotter #pottery #chefpottercollaboration

Two small ceramic dishes with embossed half flower design glazed in green celadon.

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Lori Theriault @crazygreenstudios.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Choose 20 pots or ceramic pieces that you have made. One pot per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Day 10 - oval platters (chosen to remind me of another mold I need to re-make) #20pots #ceramics #pottersofbluesky #avlpotter #pottery #chefpottercollaboration

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Lori Theriault @crazygreenstudios.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Choose 20 pots or ceramic pieces that you have made. One pot per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Day 9 - Mini Oyster Shell Dish (for tastings, Budy Finch Catering) #20pots #ceramics #pottersofbluesky #avlpotter #pottery #chefpottercollaboration

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Lori Theriault @crazygreenstudios.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Choose 20 pots or ceramic pieces that you have made. One pot per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Day 8 - Pano shot of a carved vase #20pots #ceramics #pottersofbluesky #avlpotter #pottery

An image that was taken as a panoramic photo of a vase as it turned slowly, showing the entirety of the carved design of a leafless tree with wide spanning branches, with the moon visible behind some branches. The background is carved in the fashion of Van Gogh's starry night sky.

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Lori Theriault @crazygreenstudios.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Choose 20 pots or ceramic pieces that you have made. One pot per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Day 7 - wax resist tree platter #20pots #ceramics #pottersofbluesky #avlpotter #pottery

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Lori Theriault @crazygreenstudios.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Choose 20 pots or ceramic pieces that you have made. One pot per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Day 6 - Soda-fired vessel #20pots #ceramics #pottersofbluesky #avlpotter #pottery #vincentseries

Round ceramic covered jar, with surface stamped with repeated small flowers, and button keys to show where the lid fits. Lid of the jar has a small hollow knob handle and the surface color ranges from golden brown to white from atmospheric effects of soda firing.

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Lori Theriault @crazygreenstudios.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Choose 20 pots or ceramic pieces that you have made. One pot per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Day 5 - Starry Night Platter #20pots #ceramics #pottersofbluesky #avlpotter #pottery #vincentseries

Rectangular ceramic platter, carved with an image inspired by Van Gogh’s Starry Night painting depicting a cypress tree, landscape with a church and distant mountains, and a moon with stars in a swirling sky, with copper green and brown glazes.

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Lori Theriault @crazygreenstudios.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Choose 20 pots or ceramic pieces that you have made. One pot per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Day 4 - XO Mug #20pots #ceramics #pottersofbluesky #xo

Ceramic mug with straight sides, glazed with white salt glaze on the interior and a mottled copper green glaze on the exterior, with red iron oxide ‘XO’ on the surface.

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Lori Theriault @crazygreenstudios.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Choose 20 pots or ceramic pieces that you have made. One pot per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Day 3 - ‘Lucky Three-Legged Pig’ Toothpick holder for Curate Tapas Bar, Asheville NC

Ceramic three legged ‘lucky’ pig toothpick holder, with toothpicks.

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Lori Theriault @crazygreenstudios.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Choose 20 pots or ceramic pieces that you have made. One pot per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Day 2 - Sharing Plates for Tandem Restaurant, Carrboro NC #20pots #ceramics #pottersofbluesky #avlpotter #pottery

A stack of handmade, stoneware plates, with one plate displayed showing the main surface. Glaze is a brushed combination of kaki brown and white salt.

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Lori Theriault @crazygreenstudios.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Choose 20 pots or ceramic pieces that you have made. One pot per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Day 1 - Lamp #20pots #ceramics #pottersofbluesky #avlpotter #pottery #vincentseries #impastocarving

Lamp with ceramic base carved with swirling sky pattern with stars, glazed in copper green, with a small shade that has beads hanging on the bottom.

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Lori Theriault @crazygreenstudios.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Pre-hurricane I played with designs in my Vincent series in more sgraffito style for plates. Glad I kept this one as a reference of things I’ll revisit when in the new studio space I am sure to find very soon (also happy I had some New Stock Pantry English muffins in the freezer).

Handmade plate with sgraffito design holds half an English muffin with avocado and sriracha

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Lori Theriault @crazygreenstudios.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Grateful to have this temporary studio space that keeps wholesale production going while I design and create new work and look for a new space to house all facets of my studio. Also deeply grateful for this account that is placing orders while they come back from hurricane losses. #ashevillestrong

Pottery wheel with a mound of clay and a closed form ball at the top of the mound, with thrown balls in the background.

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